Woman: 2 doctors failed to diagnose her breast cancer

Disease now deemed advanced, incurable; $2 million settlement

In June 2009, the plaintiff, 32, consulted the defendant OB-GYN for evaluation of a left breast lump. The doctor referred her to a breast center and advised that she could stop oral contraception and attempt to achieve pregnancy.
In August, the plaintiff was six weeks’ pregnant when she was seen by the second defendant, an internist ...